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Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the July 3, 2008 print edition of the Chanhassen Villager newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of .pdf's that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat.

Highlights include a kiddie parade, community parade, carnival rides and games, adult and children fishing festivals, beach games, the Chamber of Commerce Business Fair, a street dance, Taste of Chanhassen, and the spectacular fireworks display over Lake Ann. Events are Thursday and Friday at City Center Park and Lake Ann Park. Full schedule of events here.

Do you think Carver County should pursue a fiber optic ring to bring high speed communication to the area? Carver County is in the early stages of exploring a high-speed fiber optic ring. Here's a letter on the topic from Randy Maluchnik and Tim Lynch, Carver County commissioners:

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Minnetonka Ninth-Graders Score Well on GRAD Writing Test

Ninety-six percent of Minnetonka ninth-graders passed the Graduation-Required Assessment for Diploma (GRAD) writing test on their first attempt with an average score of 3.83. These results beat the statewide results of an 89 percent passing rate and average score of 3.5.

This is the first year students are required to take and pass the GRAD writing test in order to graduate from high school. The GRAD replaced the Basic Skills Test (BST).

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Soil and Water filing open July 1-15

Candidate filing for the Carver Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor positions is open until July 15.

“Supervisors play an important role in how our community deals with a wide variety of resource management issues, including wetlands, water quality, soil erosion, and erosion and sediment control,” stated Ted Beise, SWCD board chair, in a press release.

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25th anniversary

July 4th celebration

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(Photo by Tim McGovern) With the league champions-to-be Red Sox team looking on, Chanhassen Mayor Tom Furlong hurls a ceremonial first pitch during the Chanhassen Athletic Association’s recent year-end baseball tournament at Lake Ann Fields.

Which is better?

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By Mark W. Olson

The “Friedlander: Photography” exhibit recently opened at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

In a word: Go.

The exhibit is a career retrospective of American photographer Lee Friedlander.

The man has been shooting for decades. Many people unsuspectingly own a piece of his earlier work in the form of an album cover photograph (Johnny Cash maybe), collecting dust in their closet.

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The grand opening celebration for the final segment of new Highway 212, connecting Eden Prairie to Carver, was held Tuesday afternoon. The roadway will open to drivers on July 14.

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Take photos, get published

The Chanhassen Villager staff would like to encourage you to take and submit digital photos this holiday. We plan to run photos in the newspaper and online the week following the celebration. This could be your chance to get published. Submit photos and information to editor@chanvillager.com or fadams@chanvillager.com.

Denzel Smith, Minneapolis, tastes home-made limeade during the Arboretum's annual picnic for participants in its urban garden outreach program.

Energy, education, technology and healthcare were the topics covered last week by Gov. Tim Pawlenty as he spoke at the eighth-annual IWCO Direct supplier summit in Chanhassen. Watch the video of him talking about energy.

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Dead fish floating in water that looks like green pea soup and stinks like a swamp might tell the story of a blue-green algae contamination.

Mitchell Lake in Eden Prairie is contaminated, and the Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District is taking actions this summer to begin correcting it.

Two floating, stainless steel, solar-powered water circulation machines, called Solar Bees, were installed in Mitchell Lake last Wednesday as part of a pilot study to treat the harmful algae. The study has wide implications because watershed officials will base the results of this study on the solutions they offer for other area lakes with blue-green algae problems, including Lotus Lake, Riley Lake and Lake Susan in Chanhassen and Round Lake in Eden Prairie.

“Most of the lakes have problems with harmful algae blooms,” said David Austin from CH2M Hill, the engineering company that’s heading up this effort for the watershed district. “The blooms happen in mid-to-late summer. Lake Susan definitely has a harmful algae bloom problem. By contrast, Lake Ann (Chanhassen) is in great shape. It’s a real gem… I believe there are also blue-green algae in Riley. It’s probable. Looking at the data, I see that the water clarity gets poor in Riley in late summer.”

Do you have concerns about blue-green algae in any Chanhassen lakes?

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The Chaska/Chanhassen United Soccer Club's recreational program Jamboree had 1,200 players, coaches, parents and fans converging on the Chaska Middle School fields on Saturday, June 28.

Enjoy this selection of photos from the Jamboree.

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The Chanhassen Athletic Association's Red Sox won one game all season in the Majors division.

Until the playoffs.

The Red Sox completed a rags-to-riches season with three victories in the championship series, finishing with a 5-3 lightning-shortened victory over the Orioles on Saturday at Lake Ann Park in Chanhassen.

Enjoy this selection of photos from the tournament.

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The Jungle Theater auditorium, Lyndale and Lake St., Minneapolis, will be converted into the "Red Fez Grill" for the production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a post-punk glam rock era musical about a punk rock goddess diva who underwent a botched sex change operation after coming to the U.S. from East Berlin.

It is scheduled for Tuesday, July 18 - Sunday, August 31.

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